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Visiting the new BASH at Louisenhof Estate in Stellenbosch (2018-09-02)

February 21, 2019

by Craig Lotter

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While the original Rosendal (Durbanville) BASH branch continues to fire on all cylinders, the delightful Paarl BASH kids venue unfortunately didn’t quite work out. No...

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Kids at Play at BASH in Paarl (2017-10-08)

June 8, 2018

by Craig Lotter

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Kids’ birthday party venues are always an exciting find when you are a parent who a) doesn’t have access to a big house, b) don’t...

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Ubuntu Terminal: How to set a User’s Shell to Bash

August 19, 2013

by Craig Lotter

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Given an installation of Ubuntu Server (or pretty much any other Linux variant that requires you to use a terminal), changing a user’s shell is...

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Ubuntu: How to count the number of Files in a Directory via the Terminal

July 18, 2011

by Craig Lotter

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In order to count the number of files in a directory or folder in Ubuntu via the terminal, it is a simple matter of using...

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Ubuntu: Get Yesterday’s Date for a Bash Script

January 10, 2011

by Craig Lotter

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Date work often plays an important part in automated bash scripts, and as such, it is pretty useful to be able to calculate yesterday's date...

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Ubuntu: The Basics of Bash Scripting

January 3, 2011

by Craig Lotter

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A bash script is simply put a file containing a list of commands to be executed by the bash shell (remember, there are a number...

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A Quick Guide to Bash Shell Scripting

August 23, 2010

by Craig Lotter

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I stumbled across this gem of a quick guide to Bash shell scripting over at some or other forum and so as not to lose...

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Ubuntu: A Bash Script to Backup All MySQL Databases Running on a Server

July 28, 2010

by Craig Lotter

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The following bash script is written to automate the process of backing up all your various MySQL databases running on either a local or remote...